The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-29


rsws, and they were steering the Same
course.Ihs wind was greatly increased
a heavy sea running abee D.. The bal.
loon and sky sails and top sails OF both
boas were taken in about the
same moment. Then the
Daunt'ess dropped altela rapidly and
at 8 o'clock was hull down SIX miles
away. She bad changed her course to
south southeast, and just before dark.
meas set in only her topna ass were Wis
ible. The first Sunday was marked,
as were seven OF the ten succeeding
days, by q gale, which came from the
northeast eool sitter midnight. Al
though fairly moderate, IL was accom-
panied by a strong head sea, which
made the yacht labor heavily. The
waves frequently broke owe the bows,
but hhe rode it cut we'll under close
Teefed fore and main sails and lib, and
averaged ten miles an hour on the
course throughout. Thus early we're
the sea goaa4 qualities of the Coronet
tried. She proved herself buoysnt GO
a cork, and recovering quickly from
the added weight caused by chipping
one heavy cargo OF water on her decks,
she would meet aud mount the next
wave as easily and gracefully as 8
The only damage sustained was the
parting OF the iron twin buckle Of the
statbGHrd stay. This was quickly re-
placed with double block tackle. To
the Eva fresh water ssiloTs who had
taken pafea9e in the salosn the move
ments OF the yacht seemed somewhat
e~rrstic, aud all but one, he man who
had Travelled over deep water enough
TO entitle him TO be called a son d
Neptuue, qu'skly succumbed to sea.
sickness. Early in ths afternoon the
gale SEATED and was succeeded by a
light, puffy breeze from the north wett,
and light, Intermittent rain. Tie sea
continued high and prevented the
carrying Of a fir spread Of canvas,
owing to the strain il would entail on
the msts in quick luIches. Navigator
AndersJH's observations showed thst
in the ~ hours, 33 minutes and 81
seconds which had actually elapsed
b3tWeen tho time Of the start and Sun
day noon the Ooronet had sailed 2i6
nautical miles. Her position was so
or north latitude and So Az west
longitude. The succeeding day wRs
q busy one for the sailors. Both
watches were on duty during the
t~wenty.four hours. The wind
was 90 light. puffy AID c2pri.
cious that 1t required almost
continual changing OF sails and haul
ing Of sheets. Then she continued
turbulent and the yacht at times rolled
80 violently as to threaten the stabili-
ty Il the spars. The pressure OF the
wind sg inst the mainssil was not suf-
fcient to hold the gsa steady, and
when 1t appeared probable early in
the morning that the swayipg OF the
Rad would carry away the masthead,
the maiRsail was replaced by the storm
trysail. 1t was now that the immomss
square sail did good service, for when
spread TO cosnterbalanCe the defcien-
oy OF canvass astern IL carried the
yacht along much faIter, ligh;ened her
much by the head, and prevented her
taking sueh quantities OF water on
deck, as when under mainsail the
boom used 10 spread its foot to wind. |
ward. IA was, however, found to be
impractioable in a heavy beam Sea,
owing to is jsmming the saddle at the
foreMast. and II WAS unshipped. To-
ward sunset the water became smooth
aud all the sails were again set. The
distance travelled from noon Monday |
to noon Tuesday was 244.3 miles,
neatly due east, bringing the yacht to
latitude 40, A, lY north, longitude
o., 3Y west. Harly on Tues.
day morning q wind 1859 from |
tho northeast and by daylight it
blew gales. The canvas was reduced |
to doaole reefed PsiDsails, foresail
with the bonnot ouepsnd reefed fore
staysail. The boat was bowling along
al the rate of twelve kuo's, with a dry
deck, when between s and . O'Clock
In the morning the wind shifted to
southeast, blowing at the rate of sixty |
miles an hour. The sudden change |
caused an ugly cross sea, the crests of
tho waves breaking over the rails inj
rapid BucG0rGi0n, and keeping the |
decks Glmust constantly submerged. |
Toward midnight the wind aud sea
Bubsiied considerably and by Wedues-
day morning the wind got round to
the southwest, The weather was
almost an exact repetition of Tuesdays. |
Ia y in me evening" there was an
other brief calm sud swell, aud when
the breHe next appeared it came from
the west, moderate enough to RlloW
us 10 carry v fair amount of canvas.
At Z o'clock q m. the feat Obj eGt sight.
ed sitter the frat day out was a brig
bound eOath, but she wa not near
enough 10 b. signaled. At 5 O'Clock
pm. a westward bound ship sailing
under CESS reefed top1ails was sighted
six miles TO the northwsrd. The dis.
lance traversed on al east by north
course on Tuesday vas 1855 miles
and on Wednesday 2I6 8 miles. The
yachts poSitlons. al established by
Tuesdays observations, were as fol-
lows: Latitude, tJr, 81; Longitude,
so, re-, IN Observation-Disclosures,
Az, ~; longitude 54', As.
The most terrific storm of
the series occurred on st. Patrick's
Day, March Nth. Ii was not unex.
pecLsd, for the Indicator on the barom-
etsr, whose tendency had been down.
ward for three days, suddenly dropped
from 20 20 TO 1854. The storm first
developed soon after midnight in
EhAiB tAunhAa vi AlAo ~ AthW C1l WIN |
a diving rain. The wiad was ftful
for a time, coming variously from a
south eoutheast to southwest and
south, but Rnally settled upon south.
wes!. Az 10 o'clock am. it began
blowing with great velocity, by noon
had become a hurricane, and two
hours later the winds speed was es-
tim tied a 80 miles an hour. 1t was a
grand battle Of the elements, such as
Is seldom witnessed. The waves were
almost mountains high, Their sur
face was lashed into snow white foam,
aud as the head Of one rose higherthan
anoth 9r,tho VIM carried it of in dense
spray which, when driven INFO ones
face, felt like stsbs from scores of fine
pointed needleI. The roaring of the
wind was like a prolonged peal of
thunt ", and the resemblance was
completed by an occasional vivid fash
Of lightning, This wss a severe test
for 80 small a boat as the Ooronet. As
aha aanE in tha tFO,~h If tha aaa 10 |